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INVENTOR UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE THOMAS O. RIOHRD OF WINSTED, CONNECTICUT.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patenelvo. 705,296, dates July 22, 1902.

` Appucatan'filea May 17, 1901. Seraing. 60,741. (Nomads.)

To all whom t may 0 o7 tc-c7"n.-; l

Be it known that LTHoMAs C. RICHARDS, of

Winsted, in the county of Litchfield and State of Oonnecticut,have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Poles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,I

clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. My invention relates to an'improvement in curtain-poles, the object of t'hesame heilig to provide an ornamental device" for interior decorations which can be supplied tothe trade at a comparative lightcost and which can be adjusted to tit Windows of different widths.

lVith these Vobjects in view'my invention consists incertain details of construction and combinations of parts, as will be more fully described, and pointed outin the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a view in perspective of myimproved pole. Fig. 2 is a viewin elevation, showing the several parts detached; and Fig. Sis a view in transverse of the pole.

A represents the pole, made up ofk three main sections and-two ornamental and detachable end trimmings. The central section Ais made of thinsheet metal inV theforln of a tube open at its ends' to receive'the inner ends of the wood sections B. The central section A and the outer sections B are of a general cylindrical form, each havingits rear side flattened, so that when the three parts'are assembled neither can rotate independently of the others, thus always bringing ,the sides or su rfaces which have been finished to form the front or exposed face of thefpoleiin their proper relative positions. Again-,in order to more closely unite the sections A and B, I prefer to provide the curved faces of such sections with small corrugations, so that the ribs which are necessarily formedin corrugating the central sheet-metal sectionA will engage o r enter the corrugations inthe wooden end sections, and this not onlyassists in preventing any independent rotation-of any of the parts, but also produces sufcient frictional contact between them to prevent any accidental endwise movement. 'Each section is provided near its outer end with a hole d, parallel with attened face of the section for the reception of the bent ends of the screwbolts or hook-brackets D, which latter are held in place within the sections'B by the springclipsb. y v l E represents metal or other ornamental knobs or trimmings removably secured to the outer ends ofthe sections B, or, in other words, the pole is held in place so as to be prevented from vertical displacement from the hooks by means of the clips l). Each clip h consistsof a coi-led spring, which is placed on the protruding upper end of a hook and held thereon by, frictional Contact, such contact being Sufficient to prevent the vertical displacement of the pole from the hooks.

complete at the factory, with the 4end trimmings and screw-bracketsall attached. Hence in order toplace the poles in position it is simply necessary to remove the screw-brackets from the pole and secure the Aformer to the window-frame, after which the pole can be adjusted by pulling out the end sections B until `the holes therein are in a position to receive the bent ends of the screw-brackets.

These'poles can be made to tit windows of different widths within' certain limits, and it will -be readily seen that they not only constitute ,a very ornamental fixture for ,interior decorations, but that owing to their simplicity they -can be manufactured and supplied t0 the'trade at a comparatively small cost.

Having fully described my invention, what I claimas newyand desire to secure by jLetters Patent, is-

yl. The combination of acurtain-pole comprisingfthree members, the central member madeitubular and telescoping over the end members, and all of said members having 4alined attened faces, the end sections having holes through the same parallel with said flat faces, and hooks having upright members at their. free ends passing through said holes.

2. The combination of a series ofrpole-sections, each having longitudinal 'corrugations and made to extend across the flat faces of the end sections.

3. Thecombination of aseries of pole-sec- W'i'tli my improven1ent`tl1e pole is linished I ICO tions, the central section made of sheet metal specification in the presence of two subscribnd telescoping over the'end sections, hooking Witnesses. brackets, each passing at one end through a Y Y 1 Q hole in an end section, and spring-clips at- FHOMAS C' RICHARDS 5 tached. to said hook-brackets for retaining the Vitnesses:

pole in position relatively thereto. JAMES W. THOMPSON,

In testimony whereof I have signed this GEO, W. LAMB. 

